News tagged with co2 concentration

Ancient plant-fungal partnerships reveal how the world became green

Prehistoric plants grown in state-of-the-art growth chambers recreating environmental conditions from more than 400 million years ago have shown scientists from the University of Sheffield how soil dwelling fungi played a ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

French group Areva to build big Indian solar power plant

The French energy group Areva said Wednesday that it would build the biggest concentrated solar power installation in Asia for Reliance Power of India.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

CO2 was hidden in the ocean during the Ice Age: study

Why did the atmosphere contain so little carbon dioxide (CO2) during the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago? Why did it rise when the Earth's climate became warmer? Processes in the ocean are responsible for this, says a new study ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 50 | with audio podcast

Increased acidity not an even test for coral reefs

Coral reefs can both positively and negatively influence the acidity of their surrounding seawater. That is the take-home message of two papers recently published in the international journal Global Change Bi ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

World has five years to avoid severe warming: IEA

The world has just five years to avoid being trapped in a scenario of perilous climate change and extreme weather events, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (22) | comments 62

Summer drought limits the positive effects of CO2 and heat on plant growth in future climate

The large scale project CLIMAITE, led by Riso DTU, has published its first synthesis paper in the renowned journal Global Change Biology, and the conclusion is perhaps a little surprising that the predicted increase in pla ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

How hot did Earth get in the past? Scientists uncover new information

The question seems simple enough: What happens to the Earth's temperature when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase? The answer is elusive. However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A new study ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 52 | with audio podcast

UCSD researchers outline strategy to limit global warming

Major greenhouse gas-emitting countries agreed in December climate talks held in Copenhagen that substantial action is required to limit the increase of global average temperature to less than 2 degrees C ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Climate scientists underwhelmed by Copenhagen Accord

Top climate scientists said Saturday that the eleventh-hour political deal hammered out at UN talks in Copenhagen falls perilously short of what is needed to stave off catastrophic global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (18) | comments 18

Burning coal worse for climate than clearing rain forests

Deforestation has had a big influence on the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the past three centuries, but its impact is tapering off relatively. Nowadays, the burning of fossil fuels is a more crucial factor. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Plants Save the Earth from an Icy Doom (w/ Podcast)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifty million years ago, the North and South Poles were ice-free and crocodiles roamed the Arctic. Since then, a long-term decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has cooled the Earth. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5